Stephen Hendry 斯蒂芬·亨得利

Stephen Hendry was born on January 13th 1969 in Edinburgh. He grew up in nearby Fife.
史蒂芬·亨得利于1969年1月13日生于苏格兰爱丁堡，他在靠近法夫地区长大。

Why is he famous? 为什么他很有名？

Hendry is one of the most successful snooker players in history. He won 7 World Titles, all in the 1990s, dominating the game for a decade. He was also runner-up twice.
亨得利被公认为历史上最好的斯诺克球员之一，他在90年代夺得过7次世界冠军，统治了一个时代，他还夺得过两次亚军。

He is the youngest ever professional (at just 16) and the youngest world champion, winning in 1990 at the age of 21.
他是最年轻的职业运动员（16岁参赛），并且在1990年，以21岁的年龄夺冠成为最年轻的世界冠军。

He was ranked world number 1 from 1990 to 1998, and remained in the world top 8 until 2010.
他在1990年到1998年一直保持世界排名第一，并且随后一直保持在世界前8，直到2010年。

Stephen Hendry after Winning his First World Championship

Famous Matches 著名比赛

Hendry had a famous rivalry with Jimmy White, albeit one in which Hendry usually won. He beat White 4 times in the World Championship final (in total White reached 6 finals, and lost them all).
亨得利有一个著名的对手吉米·怀特， 虽然两人的比赛一直是亨得利获胜，他在世界冠军赛上四次击败怀特（怀特总共6次进入决赛，6次都输了）。

In 1992 White was winning 14-8 in the final and needed only 4 frames to become world champion. Hendry won 10 frames in a row to win 18-14. In 1997 Hendry dramatically beat White 18-17 to again become World Champion.
1992年，怀特以14-8领先，只需要再赢四盘就可以拿到冠军，然而最后亨得利连赢10局，反败为胜，以18-14拿到冠军。1997年，亨得利再次戏剧性的以18-17 战胜怀特拿到世界冠军。

In 2002 Hendry made his final appearance in the World Championship final, this time losing 18-17 to Peter Ebdon.
2002年，亨得利最后一次出现在世界冠军决赛上，这次他以18-17 败于彼得艾伯顿。

In a 1997 tournament final in Liverpool Hendry played Ronnie O’Sullivan in a match described as the ‘best snooker ever’. In a first-to-9 match Hendry went ahead 8-2, only for O’Sullivan to bring it back to 8-8. In the final frame Hendry scored a maximum 147 to win the title.
在1997年利物浦的一次决赛中，亨得利和罗尼奥沙利文上演了“最伟大的斯诺克比赛”，在一场9局为胜的比赛中，亨得利先以 8-2领先，随后奥沙利文板成了8-8平，最后一局里亨得利得到了满分147分获得冠军。

Stephen Hendry in Action

Notes 备注

As well as winning 7 world titles, Hendry has other achievements: most professional centuries (775 – beaten by Ronnie O’Sullivan in 2015); second-most 147s (11); second-most professional titles (74). He is also the oldest player to have scored a 147 at the World Championship, doing so when he was 40.
虽然夺得7次世界冠军，亨得利也有一些其他的成就，包括超过100分最多的记录（775次，随后在2015年被奥沙利文打破）；满分147分次数第二多（11次）；职业冠军最多（74次）。他也是世界冠军赛上年纪最大的获得147分满分的选手，当时他40岁。

Hendry’s style changed the way snooker was played: whereas in the past players were more conservative, Hendry went for aggressive break-building, trying to score as many points as possible on one visit to the table. He used middle pockets more than many players, went for long pots, and broke up the reds as early as possible.
亨得利的风格改变了斯诺克的玩法，在这之前选手们的打发更保守，而亨得利则更具进攻性的去努力打破记录，每次上台都努力得到最多的分数，他使用中袋的次数比所有球手都多，喜欢选择远距离的球袋，并且尽可能多的分开红球。

Hendry was given an MBE in 1994.
亨得利在1994年被授予英国帝国勋章。

He has twice been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
他曾2次被BBC体育选为年度体育人物。

After the September 11th attacks in 2001 snooker players were no longer allowed to bring their cues as hand luggage. Hendry’s cue, which he had had through all his world championship successes, was duly broken in the hold.
在2001年911袭击事件之后，斯诺克运动员就不再被允许将球杆当做手提行李。伴随着亨得利取得所有世界冠军的球杆在运输中被折断了。